Victoria Square House (Birmingham)
United Kingdom /
England /
Birmingham /
New Street, 81
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office building, Grade II Listed (UK)
Victoria Square House, is an office building on the south side of Victoria Square in Birmingham, England. It was formerly Birmingham's Head Post Office, designed in the French Renaissance style by architect for the Office of Works Sir Henry Tanner for the General Post Office.
The building was constructed between 1889—1891 and operated as the city's head post office until the 1972 when administrative and sorting office facilities were moved to a new, larger building on Severn Street (since rebuilt as The Mailbox). There were plans to demolish the building in 1973; however after a seven-year campaign by The Victorian Society it was saved. In 1989 the former sorting office was demolished and in 1991 an office development was opened with the former public counter building forming its entrance lobby.
The building now provides 160,000 sq ft of Grade A office space over six floors with a floor plate of 27,000 sq ft.
The building was constructed between 1889—1891 and operated as the city's head post office until the 1972 when administrative and sorting office facilities were moved to a new, larger building on Severn Street (since rebuilt as The Mailbox). There were plans to demolish the building in 1973; however after a seven-year campaign by The Victorian Society it was saved. In 1989 the former sorting office was demolished and in 1991 an office development was opened with the former public counter building forming its entrance lobby.
The building now provides 160,000 sq ft of Grade A office space over six floors with a floor plate of 27,000 sq ft.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Square_House
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 52°28'45"N 1°54'9"W
- Armed Forces Careers Office 0.1 km
- Ringway Centre 0.4 km
- Masshouse 0.8 km
- Edgbaston Mill 2.7 km
- Former CEGB Headquarters 8.5 km
- Sandvik HQ 10 km
- Wythall Green 11 km
- One Central Boulevard 14 km
- Harris Business Park 23 km
- Saxon Business Park 23 km
- Birmingham City Centre 0.1 km
- Paradise 0.2 km
- Birmingham New Street station and Grand Central Shopping Centre 0.3 km
- Arena Central development 0.4 km
- Centenary Square 0.4 km
- The Mailbox 0.4 km
- Stour Valley Railway Tunnel 0.5 km
- International Convention Centre and Symphony Hall 0.6 km
- Ladywood 1.2 km
- Edgbaston 5 km